Toy whistle



April 26, 1927.

E. JACQUEMIN TOY WHISTLE Filed Dec. 13, 1926 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 26, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

EUGENE JACQUEMIN, OF KENT, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY L. CHARLES, OF KENT, WASHINGTON.

TOY WHISTLE.

Application filed. December 13, 1926.

The objects of my invention are, to provide, in its preferred embodiment, a whistle of flexible construction adapted to be marketed in a tube-like form, having exteriorly no rough surfaces or outstanding projections, thus making it cheap and convenient for packing in a compact way and reducing the hazard of breakage; and, to afford such a device which is exceedingly simple in form and inexpensive to produce.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device complete;

Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of the same, the mouthpiece being disposed. in operative position; and,

Fig. 3 a perspective showing the manner in which the device is utilized as a whistle.

The device is designed to be made preferably of flexible tubular stock such as rubber, either plain or reentorced with canvas, candy, or any other suitable material. It comprises simply a section of such material having a kerf 1 diagonally disposed and extending through the greater portion of its diameter, as indicated in Fig. 1. This kerf serves to separate the device into a body member 2 and a mouthpiece 3, having a flexible connection with said member, as at at, and also produces a thin edge 5 in the upper opening of the member. As it may be noted, the other end of said member is also open.

In operatin the device, the body member is grasped between the first and second fingers and the lower open end of the body member is closed by the thumb; the mouthpiece is then drawn back from said member by the teeth, as indicated in Fig. 3, and when a blast of air is forced through the mouth- Serial No. 154,546.

piece and against the thin edge 5 formed by said kerf, a sharp duced.

whistling sound is pro- ()bviously, a device constructed of thin, tubular and metallic stock, and in the form shown in Fig. 2 will also function as a whistle.

I claim 1. A toy whistle, comprising a tubular body member open at each end, its upper end having its forward edge reduced in thickness, and a tubular mouthpiece, open at each end and having its lower end of a torm coii'iplen'ientary to said upper end, hingedly secured to the member.

2. A toy whistle, made of a single piece of flexible tubular stock, comprising a body member open at both ends, a mouthpiece, and an integral hinged connection between one end of said member and the mouthpiece.

of tubin comprising a body member open at both ends, and a mouthpiece disposed at one end, in angular relation with the member.

EUGENE JACQUEMIN. 

